Does bacteremia occur during high pressure lavage of contaminated wounds?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 347, Issue , 1998, Pages 117-121

  Tabor, Owen B ^a   Bosse, Michael ^a   Hudson, Michael C ^a   Greene, Kimberley G ^a   Nousiainen, Markka T ^a   Meyer Jr , Ralph A ^a   Sims, Stephen H ^b   Kellam, James F ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0345131732     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199802000-00014     Document Type: Article

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